F5 Networks, Inc.

William Church

Joel Benjamin Moses

Kevin Stewart

Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, network traffic management apparatuses, and network traffic management systems that receive a directory service authentication request from an application. The directory service authentication request comprising a first password. The first password is compared to a stored second password received from a previously-authenticated client to determine when there is a match. A positive authentication result is returned to the application in response to the directory service authentication request, when the determining indicates that there is a match. This technology advantageously facilitates client certificate authentication for applications that only support password-based login.

Methods for ephemeral authentication screening and devices thereof

Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and network traffic management apparatuses that receive a request from a client device to access an application. The request comprises an original certificate. A determination is made when the certificate is valid. Data is extracted from one or more fields of the certificate, when the determining indicates that the user certificate is valid. A delegate certificate comprising the data and signed by a certificate authority trusted by a server device hosting the application is generated. The delegate certificate is sent to the server device. With this technology, network traffic management apparatuses can secure SSL connections using PFS-capable ciphers, while also inspecting payload data in network traffic exchanged between client and server devices in order to provide intelligent services in the network.

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